50,000th International Harvester Scout | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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50,000th International Harvester Scout

50,000th International Harvester Scout | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
The 50,000 International Harvester Scout is rolled off the assembly line at the Fort Wayne, Indiana Works Plant. Left-frontal view. Original caption reads: "A production milestone is marked at International Harvester Company's Fort Wayne, Ind., works where the 50,000th Scout was recently produced. Checking the unit, a rear-wheel drive model with 4-passenger capacity and bucket front seats, is H.A.  Torgersen (right, works manager. In rear seat are V.A. Hart (left), superintendent of Scout assembly, and M.E. Hayhurst, works auditor, as Wayne Van Ryn, final assembly employe, drives it off the line. Introduced in January, 1961, the Scout has become the largest selling model in the International truck line. MT-2378." Sign on Scout reads: " the 50,000th Scout built at Fort Wayne." Workers seen in background of image. Factory setting.
DESCRIPTION
The 50,000 International Harvester Scout is rolled off the assembly line at the Fort Wayne, Indiana Works Plant. Left-frontal view. Original caption reads: "A production milestone is marked at International Harvester Company's Fort Wayne, Ind., works where the 50,000th Scout was recently produced. Checking the unit, a rear-wheel drive model with 4-passenger capacity and bucket front seats, is H.A. Torgersen (right, works manager. In rear seat are V.A. Hart (left), superintendent of Scout assembly, and M.E. Hayhurst, works auditor, as Wayne Van Ryn, final assembly employe, drives it off the line. Introduced in January, 1961, the Scout has become the largest selling model in the International truck line. MT-2378." Sign on Scout reads: " the 50,000th Scout built at Fort Wayne." Workers seen in background of image. Factory setting.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:110264
Creation Date: 10 05 1962
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
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Collection Name:International Harvester Company corporate archives central file (documented series), 1819-1998
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:MCC MSS 6Z, 05960
Original Dimensions:10 x 8 inches
SUBJECTS
Clothing and dress
Neckties
Suits (Clothing)
Trucks
Blue collar workers
Men
Portraits, Group
Signs and symbols
Indoor photography
Factories
Automobile industry and trade

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